American nations on the Pacific where he exhibited his works. Final years Naranjo arrives in Buenos Aires sometime in 1930 before the military coup that deposed Hipólito Yrigoyen. Before stepping down from the executive office, president Yrigoyen posed for Naranjo. During the following years in Argentina, Naranjo was commissioned to depict influential personalities such as Bishop Antonio Caggiano (1934), and prominent members of the community such as Mrs. Elivira Bradley de Montes (1945). In 1932 Naranjo exhibits his work at the Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and a major retrospective of Naranjo's works was held at the Museo de Bellas Artes de Rosario shortly after his return to Argentina. In 1935 Naranjo traveled to Patagonia to explore and paint the landscapes of the Andes, forests and deserts of the south. Juan de los Angeles Naranjo was professor at the Profesorado Nacional de Estética under the umbrella of the Escuela Normal Nacional "Juan María Gutierrez", and also at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Rosario. He died in Rosario in 1952. Naranjo died on February 6, 1952, in Rio Ceballos, Córdoba, Argentina. He was survived by his wife Juana Costanza Moncotte; his daughters Beatriz Aida and Grisela; and his son Ruben, also a renowned local visual artist. References 1897 births Artists from Rosario, Santa Fe Argentine portrait painters Argentine male painters Modern painters 1952 deaths